Jennifer Marohasy

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Archives for December 2008

Green Companies in the Red

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Nascent green industry’s balance sheets are beginning to bleed red… for the giant wind farm project to be economically viable we will have to wait for fossil-fuel prices to rise again. Read more here.

Climate Conference Ends, Time to Consider Alternatives

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THE big climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, ended yesterday with a recognition that the United Nations was “softening its tone” and acknowledging that the meeting would not come to final decisions on any major issues on “fighting climate change”. 

Perhaps now is the time to move away from the idea that the solution to “fighting climate change” lies with a cap on emissions – an idea that has been pushed so hard by the United Nations. 

Perhaps now is the time to consider alternatives?

On Thursday the ‘Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change’ launched a report* by London-based economist Julian Morris imploring governments to recognise that instead of capping emissions they should be looking to adapt to climate change and also provide incentives to develop lower-carbon technologies.

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New Papers from ‘Science & Public Policy Institute’

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YOU may find these new papers of interest:
 
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/climate_action_plans_fail_to_deliver.html
We update this paper periodically.
 
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/commentaries_essays/obama_on_the_urgency_of_combating_global_warming_.html
 
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/arizona_climate_change.html
 
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/commentaries_essays/saving_the_planet_.html
 
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/scarewatch/bank_of_america.html
 
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/scarewatch/coolest_year_for_decade.html
 
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/scarewatch/global_warming_spreads_malaria_.html
 
Let us hear from you about our site and papers. 
 
Regards,
Bob Ferguson, President SPPI

Number of ‘Official Skeptics’ Increased in 2008

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“Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore” according to Marc Morano at the launch of a new report in Washington.  Mr Morano is  communications director for the Republicans on the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

According to Mr Morano, “This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report report — updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of over 400 scientists who voiced skepticism about the so-called global warming “consensus” — features the skeptical voices of over 650 prominent international scientists, including many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN IPCC.

“This updated report includes an additional 250 (and growing) scientists and climate researchers since the initial release in December 2007.  The over 650 dissenting scientists are more than 12 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers.

The chorus of skeptical scientific voices grow louder in 2008 as a steady stream of peer-reviewed studies, analyses, real world data and inconvenient developments challenged the UN and former Vice President Al Gore’s claims that the “science is settled” and there is a “consensus.” On a range of issues, 2008 proved to be challenging for the promoters of man-made climate fears. 

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